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<p>
      <a class="link" href="GtkUIManager.html" title="GtkUIManager"><span class="type">GtkUIManager</span></a> is an object that can construct menu and toolbar widgets 
      from an XML description.  These widgets are in turn associated to
      corresponding actions and action groups.
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      <a class="link" href="GtkUIManager.html" title="GtkUIManager"><span class="type">GtkUIManager</span></a> supports merging of menus and toolbars for applications 
      that have multiple components, each with separate sets of commands.  
      For example, a word processor that can embed images may want to have
      toolbar buttons for Bold and Italic when the cursor is on a text
      block, but Crop and Brightness/Contrast buttons when the cursor
      is on an image.  These actions, which change depending on the
      state of the application, can be merged and de-merged from a
      <a class="link" href="GtkUIManager.html" title="GtkUIManager"><span class="type">GtkUIManager</span></a> as appropriate.
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